A mug can now save you from burns

temp sensing mug

Invention is creativity. You have a creative mind you can do anything. Ben took innovation and creativity to a new pedestrian. He got inspiration by the love for his girlfriend. He created a mug, which detects the temperature of the liquid inside the mug. It is a mug which is aware of the temperature of the substance in a surprisingly modest way, and is able to depict how hot or cold the substance is.

This guy used a diode, as it is known to everyone that a diode’s forepart voltage fluctuates with the temperature in lieu of using a thermistor. After detecting the diodes voltage range with the help of different temperature ranging liquids, Ben attached it to the ADC of a PIC12F615 mini controller. The temperature appears by way of 10 LEDs although he could have used a single RGB LED and a PWM output so that things would be simpler, which are fitted through a pair of 8 bit shift registers and then it fluctuates because the pins were not sufficient in the PIC to be managed on its own.

Just imagine. You could own a product like this too. You can now have tea or coffee without having to hesitate whether or not you should take a sip without scorching yourself. So this guy put together some PCBs and got work started for him. He claims that the mug works efficiently and is pretty reliable. Only draw back is that the display provided on the mug moves at a surprisingly lower pace than what was expected of it. The range of temperature is restricted , it is only 30 ADC codes. Ben states that, if he manages to make another version of the same product, he will use higher quality of equipment required for it. So give it a try and don’t leave a burn mark on yourself with the help of this new product.

Via: Hackaday

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